Eric Lahti

When you can't win, leave. When they won't let you leave, force the issue. Near-future #sciencefiction #adventure where it's us versus those who would enslave us. Push the button. www.amazon.com/Event-Horizo...

Every time I think I'm going to make a fresh #start, I fall into the same old cycle of drugs, violence, blood sacrifices to ancient gods, and screaming at printers. Welcome to corporate America. #vss365

Let's see, we've got discontent, simmering rage, endless propaganda, high prices, lies about high prices, corruption, a meddling parasite class, and brewing wars. Elections are next week. Let's get this party #started. #vss365

#vss365 #prompt #Start On your mark, get ready, get set . . . In preparing for a race or new endeavor, there is always the moment right before the start. A mixture of excitement and anxiety. What is it like for you when you start something new? Let's swap stories.

When you look back on your life's #travel will it be a straight line, life to death, or will there be all these fun little side quests where you broke the rules to see more of what life had to offer? #vss365

Anyone who says, "Getting there is half the fun" has never been in coach, stuck between a guy who takes his shoes off on the flight and another dude with bad B.O. for seven hours after a five-hour delayed start. #Travel is fine. Getting there sucks. #vss365

I'm sick of the concept of guilty pleasures. Just enjoy what you enjoy. Rock those cargo shorts. Enjoy that Rick Springfield album. Have a soft spot in your heart for pro wrestling. Read trashy novels. It's your life, not someone else's.

pull back the curtains hit the lights expose the lies crash society #scifaikusaturday

crash out on the couch jack in tune it out turn on digital junkie #scifaikusaturday

The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 24 October 2026 is #CRASH 🚀 👽 🛸 🖊️ 👍 #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #Haiku #MicroPoem #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #SciFi #SFF #WritingPrompts

They flood the world with propaganda for no other reason than to make you #doubt the truth. You're a lot easier to manipulate when there's nothing to grab onto. #vss365

You can call it imposter syndrome, worry, or even anxiety, but it's just #doubt. Doubt in your skills, your talents, or your abilities and every #writer I know has it. Believe you're the best; it's a lot easier on your psyche and probably more accurate. #vss365

#vss365 #prompt #Commitment Once a commitment is made, sharing it publicly can help us keep it. Here's my commitment and I hope you'll join me. Find 3 new writers in our community & ❤️or repost their stories. Oh, and have fun.

"We here at UltraTech feel joining us is joining a family. It's a #commitment for life. We may be dysfunctional, even dangerous, but you're one of us now. From the godly father at the top to the crazy, violent, drunken uncle we keep in the basement, we're all family." #vss365

"My #commitment to you is I'm going to let the voices in my head guide me. My policies will be based on my fear, anxiety, and growing dementia. Also, and I promise this, I'm going to steal everything not nailed down." - Why politicians never tell the truth #vss365

There's nothing like being surrounded by spineless, terrified sycophants to #fuel one's madness. Gaslight the lunatic into thinking he's sane. #vss365

Further and faster than I ever thought possible. Stop is death. Fear is #fuel. Rage is NOS. #vss365

You know, guys, it's real easy: If you don't like the way she's dressed at the gym, just pay attention to your fucking workout like you're supposed to.

When you start a new job here, you get the usual #training: Timesheets, scheduling, seance with the original founders, how to use our AI, HR policies, appeasing the Old Ones, and what to do in case of a catastrophic entity release. Also, there will be a new hire lunch. #vss365

If anything, the last ten years have been effective #training in understanding just how fucked up some people are. #vss365

Does anybody actually sneak around in #sneakers? #vss365

Let's face facts here: These days getting dressed up means a clean Motörhead T-shirt and your finest dress #sneakers paired with a thrift store jacket. Frankly, I don't have a problem with that. #vss365

Serious question: Does anyone actually use the shift key on the right?

stranger from the sky on the run from everything most worlds will eat you #scifaikusaturday

dangerous outside a.i. infected people house becomes my world #scifaikusaturday

The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 17 October 2026 is #WORLD 🚀 👽 🛸 🖊️ 👍 #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #Haiku #MicroPoem #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #SciFi #SFF #WritingPrompts

Nothing should really be #unexpected anymore. Assume the worst people are going to do the worst possible things and get away with it and you'll have nailed modern American life. #vss365

The difference between #unexpected and sloppy writing is whether aliens show up in the 3rd act and abduct the axe-wielding psycho or everyone just learns to get along with each other. #vss365

After reading the comments posted online, I'm pretty sure #Dead Internet Theory isn't just a theory anymore. It's just AIs and bots screaming at each other over political machinations they don't even fully understand. #vss365

There's a certain allure to travelling the country, free from responsibility, just me and the open road in a noisy-as-fuck VW bus, following the #Dead around. But, you know, with a better band. #vss365

You know there's going to be some attempt at chicanery. Our whining dotard won't give up power easily. #VoteBlue

#Bravery is saying something mean about our thin-skinned, vindictive, dementia-addled, moron of a president on X. #vss365

Doing something when you're not afraid isn't #bravery. Doing something terrifyingly stupid while you're drunk off your ass on absinthe? Now that's bravery. #vss365

Things we've forgotten that we should remind ourselves of: The wailing, mournful #sound of an air raid siren warning us that death is coming at Mach 20. #vss365

When you wake up to that deep, thrumming #sound like the gods are playing gruesome, necro bass and all motion stops, it's time to reach for a weapon, any weapon because they're back and this time they might not let you come home. #vss365

Patiently waiting for the November #Delta to see if we can take the first steps toward getting the country out of the hands of the parasite class and back to the people. #vss365

There's nothing more soul-crushing than waiting at the crossroads in the #Delta for the Devil to appear only for him to tell you he's not interested in your soul because you don't play an instrument. Apparently a full DJ deck doesn't count. #vss365

a touch of madness reality isn't real remove your blinders #scifaikusaturday

binary caress let sumptuous bits byte you sweet digital touch #scifaikusaturday

The #ScifaikuSaturday #prompt for 10 October 2026 is #TOUCH 🚀 👽 🛸 🖊️ 👍 #AmWriting #BlueSkyPoetry #Haiku #MicroPoem #PoetsOfBlueSky #Poetry #PoetryCommunity #SciFi #SFF #WritingPrompts

Whenever you find cows in your marijuana field, just know it was the pot calling the cattle back. #notsorry

"When you hear the improper thought warning #siren, immediately open your emergency scripture and recite what you see without hesitation. We must keep society pure of thought, word, and deed." #vss365

Yeah, well, my generation made dance music with air raid #sirens and nuclear fallout warnings. Might as well have some fun before the apocalypse, right? #vss365

I say, if you're going to #sin, sin big. Don't waste your time on gluttony or envy when you could be exploring the depths of lust and greed. #vss365

We took the seven deadly #sins, wrapped them in a cheap, ill-fitting suit, and turned them loose in the form of the dumbest false savior the world had ever seen. #vss365

So many tropical #islands haunted by ghost pirates, so little time... #vss365

I'm not asking for much. I just want my own personal #island with a supervillain lair built into a volcano where I can brood, take quiet naps, and try to bring the Elder Ones to spread madness o'er the globe. #vss365

Bucket list item no. 149: I want to slide down a #sail using a knife like they did in those old pirate movies. #vss365

It must have been hard back in the day when you had to raise the black #sails of piracy, shift into the white sails of pre-labor day sailing, and the polka-dot sails of general merriment. I mean, that's a lot of sails to haul around. #vss365